AUSTIN – MSNBC.com and Moody’s Economy have announced that the Austin-Round Rock, Brownsville-Harlingen, Dallas-Plano-Irving, El Paso, Lubbock, McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr and San Antonio areas are among the first in the nation to move from recession into recovery, indicating that their economies have grown over the past six months.
The announcement is based on MSNBC and Moody’s Adversity Index, which uses data on employment, industrial production, housing starts and home prices to place eac...
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While attending the University of Texas in the early 1980's, I decided that Austin was a pretty cool place to live. With it's laid back lifestyle and gorgeous lake and hill country setting, I knew it was the best location Texas had to offer, and I'd be a fool not to eventually make Austin my home.
Austin quickly grows on you, and the prevailing attitude in and around the city is one of genuine friendliness.
I find great pleasure now helping newcomers find their niche in Austin, and helping current Austinites move about the area as their needs and wants change.
